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Archive for July, 2010


Here Come Los Suns: Dave Zirin on Sports and Resistance

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Sports writer Dave Zirin tells the story of how the Phoenix Suns basketball team took a stand against their state’s anti-immigrant bill SB1070. He says athletes, too, can be revolutionaries.


Oscar Grant and Police Accountability

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We take a look at the police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.


Venezuela: Is the Bolivarian Revolution Working?

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Venezuela is undergoing a modern day revolution. Workers, small farmers and the poor consistently vote for socialist President Hugo Chavez. Economically better-off citizens denounce the president as a communist who is destroying the country, but even some on the left criticize Chavez.


Lessons from Latin America

post thumbnail Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

We hear from activists and experts who say the U.S. can learn a lot from social movements in Latin America.



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